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English Civil War

Bartholomew Fair Skirmish Oxford 1645

1645
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Royalist Oxford garrison cavalry
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Parliamentary siege cavalry
Outcome
Parliamentary cavalry established dominance around Oxford by late 1645; Royalist garrison sorties increasingly curtailed.
The Battle

History & Significance

Parliamentary cavalry raided the outskirts of Oxford and the surrounding villages in late 1645 as the siege tightened. Skirmishes with Royalist Oxford garrison cavalry marked the closing of the ring around the Royalist capital.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Bartholomew Fair Skirmish Oxford 1645

Oxford Castle and earlier settlement remains
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 miles
Oxford city walls
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 miles
Rewley Abbey
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 miles
Swing bridge, LNWR Station
Scheduled monument · ~0.5 miles
Section of the Grandpont causeway
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 miles
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